Jewish Literacy and Curriculum

When formulating a vision of what they want their students to learn, day school educators need to start with a shared understanding of Jewish literacy. This issue explores the connections between a vision of Jewish literacy and a Jewish curriculum. Authors consider the purposes and goals of literacy; suggest ways that Jewish sources can serve as an educational framework; advocate for various subjects, curricular emphases and pedagogical or delivery methods; and share specific initiatives that they have developed.

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HaYidion Jewish Literacy and Curriculum Spring 2016

Articles From This Issue

A New Mode of Learning: Scribal Arts

RABBI REUVEN MARGRETT Director of Jewish Studies
Translation: A Living Conversation

Aviya Kushner
Jewish Mysticism

CATHERINE LASSER, Judaics Studies Teacher
Jewish Literacy Versus Jewish Identity: Teachers' Reflections

Dr. Sarah Levy
Mikvah: A J-STEM Project

RABBI HOWARD FINKELSTEIN, Dean of Judaic Studies
What Sticks?

Four day school alumni
To Learn to Teach

BRIAN KING, Director of Innovation
Room to Breathe: Creating Air in Pluralistic Jewish Education

Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman
Literacy: The Gift of Many Things

Dr. Idana Goldberg, Co-Executive Director
Jewish Fluency: Creating a New Culture

Abi Dauber Sterne
Thinking Jewishly: The Role of Student Programs in a Judaics Curriculum

Dr. Larry Kutler, Head of School
Tanakh Literacy, for the Jewish Present

Rabbi Dr. Rafi Cashman
Literacy Day

Dr. Lea Keil Garson, Director, Learning Center
Between Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking the Teaching of Jewish History

Dr. Jonathan Krasner
Planning the Unplannable: When Life Interrupts the Curriculum

Dr. Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
Setting the Bar High for Jewish Learning

Lisa Exler
Online Curricula: Literacy with Flexibility

Ilana Lipman
Redeeming Jewish Literacy

Dr. Jon A. Levisohn
Jewish Sources as a Guide to Curriculum and Pedagogy

Hagit Dotan
Navigating Critical Relationships

Cooki Levy
The Day School Library: Vital Link Between Information and the Classroom

Aviva Adler
Working Together for a Bright Future

Rebekah Farber, Chair, Board of Directors
Staying Alive: Embracing Curricular Change and Collaboration

Barbara Ellison Rosenblit
Jewish Literacy: Mi Yode'a?

Dr. Barbara Davis, Secretary, Board of Directors
Hebrew Literacy: Passport and Lynchpin

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
Column: Embracing the Practical

Dr. Miriam Heller Stern
Jewish Literature and Literacy

Josh Lambert
From Multiple Choice to Multiple Choices: Rethinking Israel Literacy in Our Schools

Sivan Zakai PhD
What's in a Namesake? Putting the "Heschel" Back in Heschel Day School

RABBI SCOTT WESTLE, Rabbi-in-Residence
A Jewish Literacy Program: Satisfying Our Investors

Steve Bailey PhD